# Alleged underworld kingpin Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has withdrawn from his plea and sentence agreement in connection with the 228‑million-rand SAPS Medicare24 tender fraud case.
# Business Leadership South Africa says the country is on the brink of widespread municipal collapse, with local government politicians largely being a serious part of the problem. This follows National Treasury’s decision to withhold the July equitable share transfer from 69 municipalities over financial mismanagement. BLSA CEO Busisiwe Mavuso says municipal collapse, now hitting […]
# ActionSA sê al is Stad Johannesburg Afrika se voorste handelsentrum, sukkel hy steeds om ʼn betroubare, veilige, bekostigbare en doeltreffende vervoerstelsel te voorsien. ʼn Partywoordvoerder, Lebo Mokoka, sê inwoners staan voor dagbreek op om oorvol taxi’s, onbetroubare busse en treine wat dikwels nie betyds of glad nie opdaag nie, te haal. Sy sê dis […]
# Acting minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, says they will be mobilising more resources to tighten security ahead of the second voter registration weekend in August, and the upcoming local government elections in November. In the past few months, at least 12 councillors have been murdered, linked to political violence. Cachalia has emphasised that the […]
# The Hawks have strongly dismissed reports that it is investigating acting National Police Commissioner, Puleng Dimpane. The Public Interest SA lodged a criminal complaint against Dimpane, alleging that she violated the Public Finance Management Act linked to the controversial 228-million-rand SAPS Medicare24 Tshwane contract. The Hawks say the Public Interest SA’s complaint has been referred to […]
# Die vakverbond Saftu is woedend nadat munisipaliteite meer as 1,7-miljard-rand van werkers se salarisse afgetrek, maar nooit aan die pensioenfondse oorbetaal het nie. Dit is een van die hoofredes waarom Nasionale Tesourie die Julie-befondsing van 69 munisipaliteite tydelik terughou nadat hulle nie die Wet op Munisipale Finansiële Bestuur nagekom het nie. Saftu-woordvoerder Asive Dyani sê […]
# Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched retaliatory strikes at US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan, and Bahrain this morning. This comes after the US attacked Tehran yesterday, targeting the Iranian military’s air-defence systems, coastal radar sites, and missile and drone capabilities. Iran claims the strikes killed one person and injured four others. The renewed […]
# Eskom sê die elektrisiteitstoevoer is ten volle herstel aan alle Khayelitsha-klante wat geraak is deur Donderdagaand se kragonderbreking. Inwoners was woedend en gefrustreerd nadat die township as gevolg van verskeie probleme, onder meer onwettige verbindings, in duisternis gedompel is. Eskom-woordvoerder, Daphne Mokwena, sê dit beklemtoon weereens die skadelike uitwerking van onwettige verbindings, diefstal en […]
# Die Nasionale Energiereguleerder het die redes gepubliseer vir sy besluit om Eskom se batebasis vir die regulering van kragopwekking te herbepaal. Die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria het Nersa in Desember opdrag gegee om die waarde van Eskom se databasis en toelaatbare inkomste uit waardevermindering te herbepaal. Nersa se woordvoerder, Charles Hlebela, sê hulle het Eskom […]
